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"The face of the operation is Briatore (referred to exclusively in the film by his colleagues and angry, chanting detractors as "Flavio"), an anthropomorphic radish who spends most of his time at QPR plotting to fire all of the managers."

At press time, Harbaugh had sent Michigan’s athletic department an envelope containing a heavily annotated seating chart, a list of the 63,000 seat views he had found unsatisfactory, and a glowing 70-page report on section 25, row 12, seat 9, which he claimed is “exactly what the great sport of football is all about.”

Here is the link to the CTA and taking the Purple Line up to Evanston. It appears that there will be plenty of options to leave Ryan Field and make it back to downtown (or any stop in between) after the game:

anyone know of good free parking around 8 or 9 am around ryan field? going up there for the weekend with my girlfriend and at a hotel nearish ryan field but not close enough to walk. want to park jump on the train see the city then come back for the game that evening.

Not sure about Evanston in particular but most Metra stations have dollar parking, and you can just hop on the train from there to Union, depending on what you want to see in the city/how much walking or what your cab fare budget is.

was planning on doing the usual thing I do when I go there and buy a weekend pass for the CTA and busses downtown. Leaning toards parking at the Park and Ride at the Linden Purple Line. right now if I can't figure out something by ryan field.

If your girlfriend wants to hit Michigan Avenue and you don't have someplace you want to go for lunch already, you can get a good meal at the top of the Hancock at the Signature Room. They have a buffet for $20 that's pretty good, plus the restaurant is on the 95th floor. That's eight floors lower than the Skydeck at the Sears and the floor above the Hancock Observatory, so the view is incredible and you won't be paying the extra money just to go up.

It's a bit touristy and not the most authentic place to eat, but it is a good experience, IMO.

The stadium is in a surprosingly residential neighborhood without the benefit of arterial streets like Stadium or Ann Arbor Saline to disperse traffic. Park elsewhere and take the El. The Metra commuter train is close too but surely crazy crowded after the game.

My advise: take El to Davis (downtown), hang out, walk 20-25 mm to the Stadium, reverse process after game. Central Street stopnmuch closer to the stadium if you run short of time.

Typically shitty visiting-fan section. North endzone/corner. I have sat in much better places in Dyche Stadium Ryan Field. I recall sitting at about the 40, really high up. Too bad for us that Northwestern fans became interested in football again.

There is free parking on campus which is about a 20 minute walk to the stadium. There is free bus service but probably not until closer to the game. Taking the EL is the best option in general. Metra is faster from downtown but the Saturday schedule is once an hour or worse back downtown. There is an EL station (the end of the purple line) about 5 minutes away that has cheap parking otherwise the stadium is surrounded by a major hospital (no parking in their lot for games) and residential (restricted parking). The stadium parking lot is small and for season ticket holders only. Tailgating is in the stadium parking lot. Downtown Evanston has plenty of parking lots but they cost premium money. There will be plenty of Michigan fans at the game. This should be an exciting game.